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Wednesday November 04 2026
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A website without hosting costs Updated Markdown page
In plain words - how Exponential can put your website online for free on GitHub Pages, what you do, what someone technical sets up once, and what such a site cannot do.
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Checklists for non-technical people Updated Markdown page
Short checklists in plain language for the people who use and own an Exponential site - the first day, before you publish, every month, when someone leaves, and accessibility - to print or copy and tick off.
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Accessibility checklist in plain words Updated Markdown page
What editors and owners of an Exponential site can do for visitors with disabilities without any technical knowledge - alternative texts, headings, link texts, plain language, documents, color and video - and what…
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Before you publish checklist Updated Markdown page
A two-minute checklist to run before pressing Send for publishing in Exponential - facts, spelling, title and intro, links, pictures and their alternative text, documents, personal data, the right place and language…
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First day checklist Updated Markdown page
Everything a non-technical person does on the first day with a new Exponential account - addresses, sign-in, password, two-step sign-in, a look around, a practice change, an undo, and the contacts to write down.
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Handover checklist when someone leaves Updated Markdown page
What to do when a person who works on an Exponential site leaves - hand over their drafts and knowledge, disable their account rather than delete it, move responsibilities and contacts, and check the registrar and…
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Monthly checklist for site owners Updated Markdown page
A thirty-minute monthly routine for the non-technical owner of an Exponential site - content up to date, forms answered, people and accounts, updates and backups confirmed by the provider, broken links, and a yearly…
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First steps Updated Markdown page
Short how-tos in plain language for the everyday jobs in the Exponential administration - sign in, find your way, change a page, add news, pictures, documents and links, undo, hide, search, build a page with Layouts…
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Adding a document for download Updated Markdown page
Put a PDF, a spreadsheet or another file on an Exponential site so visitors can download it - upload it as a File item, give it a clear title, link to it from a page - and how to replace it with a newer version without…
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Adding a link Updated Markdown page
Add a link in the text of an Exponential page - to another page of your own site (with Browse, so it never breaks) or to another website - write link text people understand, remove a link, and find broken links.
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Adding a news item Updated Markdown page
Create a new article in Exponential - a news item, a blog post or an announcement - in the right folder, with a title, an introduction, the text and a picture, and publish it now or keep it for later.
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Adding a picture Updated Markdown page
Put a picture on an Exponential site in plain steps - upload it to the media library or straight from the edit form, write a good alternative text, use it in an article or inside the text - and what to do when an upload…
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Changing a page Updated Markdown page
Change the text of an existing page in Exponential and publish it, in numbered steps without jargon - find the page, press Edit, change a field, preview, publish or keep as draft - with what to do when the form will not…
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Finding something Updated Markdown page
Find any page, picture or file in the Exponential administration - by words with Search, with Advanced search filters, by its address with the Content finder, or by clicking through the tree - and why a brand-new item…
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Finding your way around Updated Markdown page
A plain-language map of the Exponential administration - the dashboard, the tabs at the top, the tree on the left, an item's page and its buttons, the right column - and the three places you will use every day.
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Hiding and removing Updated Markdown page
Take something off an Exponential site - hide it for a while without losing it, or remove it to the trash - how to choose between the two, what happens to the items below it, and how to bring it back.
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Making a page with Layouts Updated Markdown page
Arrange a page with Exponential Layouts in plain steps - open a layout, add a block by dragging it into a zone, fill in its content, move or delete it, and publish - for sites that use Layouts, with what to leave to a…
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Signing in for the first time Updated Markdown page
Sign in to the Exponential administration or Editor for the first time, step by step in plain words - the address, the form, two-step sign-in, a forgotten password - and what each message means if it does not work.
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Translating a page Updated Markdown page
Add a page in another language on an Exponential site in plain steps - choose the new language and the one to copy from, translate every field, publish - and why a translation may not show on the site yet.
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Undoing a mistake Updated Markdown page
Every way to undo a mistake in Exponential, in plain steps - discard a draft, go back to an earlier version, compare versions, restore a removed item from the trash - and the few things that cannot be undone.